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<blockquote data-quote="Bugsy" data-source="post: 240359" data-attributes="member: 1680"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">This may sound crazy but here it goes. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">My son has been doing VERY well. Honor roll at school (school for special needs), compliant for the most part and able to get past things easier when things start to escalate. </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">He has asked a lot about his medications. Why? When will I get off of them? Can I take less since I am in control? and so on.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">We talked to his doctor about maybe, slowly reducing a medication and see how it goes. psychiatrist agreed to try and </span><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">decided to try to reducing the depakote. He has been taking 250 ER in the morning and 250 ER at bedtime. We decided to change the morning dosage to the 125 sprinkle and we started this on yesterday (Friday). </span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">OMG he has been incredibly emotional. He cried A LOT today. At one point he cried for 45 straight minutes. We have not seen this in SOOO long.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">So the question is, could this change in dosage make such a difference already?</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">I feel stupid for even playing with his medications since he has been doing so well. I sort of think, "If it ain't broken, don't fix it".</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Any thoughts or experiences regarding weaning depakote would be appreciated.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Thanks,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Bugsy's mom</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugsy, post: 240359, member: 1680"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]This may sound crazy but here it goes. [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]My son has been doing VERY well. Honor roll at school (school for special needs), compliant for the most part and able to get past things easier when things start to escalate. [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]He has asked a lot about his medications. Why? When will I get off of them? Can I take less since I am in control? and so on.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]We talked to his doctor about maybe, slowly reducing a medication and see how it goes. psychiatrist agreed to try and [/FONT][FONT=Comic Sans MS]decided to try to reducing the depakote. He has been taking 250 ER in the morning and 250 ER at bedtime. We decided to change the morning dosage to the 125 sprinkle and we started this on yesterday (Friday). [/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]OMG he has been incredibly emotional. He cried A LOT today. At one point he cried for 45 straight minutes. We have not seen this in SOOO long.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]So the question is, could this change in dosage make such a difference already?[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]I feel stupid for even playing with his medications since he has been doing so well. I sort of think, "If it ain't broken, don't fix it".[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Any thoughts or experiences regarding weaning depakote would be appreciated.[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Thanks,[/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Bugsy's mom[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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